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| Semester | fall semester 2007 |
| Course frequency | Irregular |
| Lecturers | Danièle Klapproth Muazzin (daniele.klapproth@unibas.ch, Assessor) |
| Content | This seminar will be concerned with literacy, i.e. the social practices of reading and writing (with a special emphasis on the latter). We will explore literacy from a cross-cultural and critical perspective, addressing its linguistic, sociocultural, educational and political dimensions. Rather than seeing literacy as a 'neutral' technical skill, we will seek to understand how literacy practices are affected by social and material conditions, implicated in power relations and embedded in specific cultural meanings. Topics to be addressed will include: literacy as embedded activity (e.g. within communities of practice); literacy, illiteracy, and linguistic gatekeeping; literacy and schooling; literacy and social change; literacy campaigns, literacy programmes, colonial legacies and indigenous transformations; multiliteracies and the new media; the cultural politics of writing. |
| Learning objectives | By engaging with theoretical perspectives developed in literacy studies and by critically examining a range of case studies from various contexts, we will aim to deepen our understanding of the intricate relationships between literacy practices, power and identity formation. |
| Bibliography | A reader will be made available. A bibliography will be handed out in class. |
| Admission requirements | Open to post-introductory students (3rd year onwards) who have completed all the necessary requirements of the first two years of their studies in English linguistics |
| Course application | By email to Daniele.Klapproth(at)unibas.ch |
| Language of instruction | English |
| Use of digital media | No specific media used |
| Interval | Weekday | Time | Room |
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No dates available. Please contact the lecturer.
| Modules |
Modul Extending the View (Linguistics) (Bachelor's degree subject: Englisch) Modul Focusing on the Discipline (Linguistics) (Bachelor's degree subject: Englisch) |
| Assessment format | continuous assessment |
| Assessment details | Regular and active participation, oral presentation, optional seminar paper |
| Assessment registration/deregistration | Reg.: course registration; dereg.: not required |
| Repeat examination | no repeat examination |
| Scale | Pass / Fail |
| Repeated registration | as often as necessary |
| Responsible faculty | Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, studadmin-philhist@unibas.ch |
| Offered by | Fachbereich Englische Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft |